A little inspiration......

A little inspiration for your day.......

Sunday at church we had a guest speaker that works for the International Justice Mission. He helps fight for justice for people all over the world. People that are in horrible situations by the hand of another person. It was a powerful message but what got to me the most was this question - How are those people that are in terrible situations supposed to know that God is good? What is God's plan for them to know He is good? We are His plan. When they see God's body in action coming in to help them they know God is good. For some reason this really struck me. He used the verse "You are the light of the world." Matthew 5:14. I picked up my Bible this morning to try and kick start my terrible lack of reading habit and happened upon that verse again. It's really very simple and all over the Bible. God wants us to show how good He is to the world. He can do it Himself and I know He does all of the time but for some reason He likes to use us little unqualified, lazy people. Strange, huh?

It seems simple but yet so overwhelming. When I was reading this part in Matthew this morning their was a mini devotional at the bottom of the page by Luci Swindoll. She put it so simply..

"Encourage instead of criticize.
Love instead of hate.
Hope instead of doubt.
Give instead of take.
Trust instead of worry."

I think I can do those things. I know I can if I think about it. God can use my simple choices to impact others. To show them God is indeed good.

I know this is a little different blog post then usual for me but by sharing it with someone it helps me as well. I need to a little more of this and a little less of all that other stuff I do....